Cubosomes from hierarchical self-assembly of poly(ionic liquid) block copolymers

Generally cubosomes are formed by the self-assembly of surfactants such as lipids and are used as adsorbents or in host-guest applications. Here the authors have shown that an amphiphilic block copolymer can form nanoscale cuboidal particles with a bicontinuous cubic phase.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hongkun He, Khosrow Rahimi, Mingjiang Zhong, Ahmed Mourran, David R. Luebke, Hunaid B. Nulwala, Martin Möller, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14057